Oh, the price of fame.
YouTube channel TGFbro creators pay the price by taking on extreme challenges, like setting themselves in jello and burying their bodies in expanding foam, but it looks like the channel took things too far on Thursday.
Jimmy Swingler, who is one half of the channel, and his friends angered their local fire department when they cemented his head inside a microwave.
“We’re seriously unimpressed,” the West Midlands Fire Department wrote. “Five of our firefighters were tied up for an hour this afternoon, freeing a YouTube pranker whose head had been ‘cemented’ inside a microwave oven.”
We're seriously unimpressed 😡.
— West Midlands Fire Service (@WestMidsFire) December 7, 2017
Five of our firefighters were tied up for an hour this afternoon, freeing a YouTube pranker whose head had been 'cemented' inside a microwave oven. Read more: https://t.co/6bZReGuKQX (Photos © West Midlands Fire Service) pic.twitter.com/2ch2UhszeH
Swingler’s plan was cement his head into a microwave while wrapping his head with a plastic bag to protect his face. To stay alive, he planned to breathe an air tube sticking out of the cement.
In the video recap, Swingler’s plan fell apart when the air tube became blocked. His friends tried to dig his head from out of the microwave, but they quickly realized they needed professional help. That’s when the fire department stepped in.
Swingler definitely almost died during the stunt and even he seemed a bit shaken when he commented about the situation on Twitter.
“I’ve just had a near death experience,” he wrote. “Very luck to be alive. I’m traumatized.”
I’ve just had a near death experience. Very lucky to be alive. I’m traumatised.
— Jay Swingler (@JaySwingler) December 7, 2017
I cemented my head in a microwave and emergency services came.. (nearly died)https://t.co/Ak6bhvI9fL pic.twitter.com/qvHjyOjYXq
— Jay Swingler (@JaySwingler) December 7, 2017
People on Twitter weren’t very sympathetic.
https://twitter.com/Constcrepe/status/939059830123388929
https://twitter.com/Phil16723/status/939115505419472897
https://twitter.com/komodomeesh/status/939082637473406981
“I really wish this was clickbait, but as you all know, nothing is clickbait on this channel,” Swingler later said. “This is as serious as it can get on this channel.”